"Oh, I've looked at it before, but I can't tell it, and I thought it was a bronze body plated with gold dust, and it was worth a lot of silver. ”

Luo Weishu was almost stupid in surprise: "I didn't expect it to be all pure gold, and it was also made of gold ingots." I'm afraid these thirteen Buddha statues will cost a lot of gold ingots......"

Originally, more than two months have passed, and Jueming's matter of casting the golden Buddha has gradually faded, and the golden body of the Buddha and Bodhisattva in the temple, no matter how valuable it is, has nothing to do with him, so he didn't think about anything in the depths.

Now when I looked at Luo Weishu's expression and heard his exaggerated tone, the mountain of gold ingots appeared in front of me again.

"It's a lot, I heard from the accounting room, ten carriages of gold ingots, there are more than 20,000. ”

"Wow......"

Although Luo Weishu is the governor of Qingzhou, he is a person who has seen a lot of money, and he actually smacks his tongue for more than 20,000 gold ingots.

Jueming has always been a mortal, and he was seriously infected by Luo Weishu, so he couldn't help but say a big rebellious word: "It's a pity that all of them have melted and cast into Buddha statues!"

He meant that after the gold ingots were melted, the value was equivalent to ordinary gold, which was a bit of a pity.

Luo Weishu smiled, thinking that Jueming was really a child, and he didn't know how to run a business at all.

In fact, gold ingots are only valuable when they are cast into golden Buddhas.

If you think about it, the income of thousands of taels of gold and silver every day, that is, the cost of 20,000 gold ingots can be recovered in two years, and then, three years and five years, a hundred years and a thousand years, the golden body of the Buddha and Bodhisattva, but there are people who worship it from generation to generation.

Luo Weishu suddenly asked: "By the way, little master, do female pilgrims come to the North Temple every day to worship?"

At the mention of the female pilgrim, Jueming moved his body very unnaturally, quickly calmed down, and tried to think of himself as a monk.

"My lord, in the eyes of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva, all human beings are all sentient beings, all mortals have unforgivable sins, and all sentient beings are the objects of salvation, and there is no distinction between men, women, and children......

Luo Weishu nodded and said, "But in the eyes of mortals, there is a difference between the old and the young, the rich and the poor. ”

Jueming clasped his hands together, pronounced a Buddha name, and said: "Amitabha, all the people who come are pilgrims, Jueming is dedicated to the Buddha, and has never treated sentient beings differently......

Luo Weishu couldn't stand it a little, and his voice was louder: "This mansion is talking about business, not listening to the little master talk about Zen Buddhism, you just talk about people!"

Jue Ming was stunned for a moment, trying to think of himself as a mortal.

There are only two genders in this world, either men or women. The door of Buddhism is open to accept sentient beings to worship, how can there be no female pilgrims?"

Luo Weishu smiled bitterly and did not continue to discuss the topic of female pilgrims.

The two drank tea and chatted about the time of a stick of incense, and then came to the three main halls and five side halls and walked around one by one, thirteen Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with different bodies and expressions, lifelike.

The three largest Buddha statues are the Buddha of Nyorai, Amitabha and Maitreya in the Mahavira Hall, followed by the Bodhisattva Fuxian, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Jizo King Bodhisattva......

There was an endless stream of pilgrims who came to worship, and there were indeed many young girls among them.

But there were so many people in the temple, and every hall was crowded, how did those girls disappear?

Twenty of them disappeared in three days, which is really strange.

Moreover, according to the parents of the missing person, the missing girl had come to the North Temple to incense before the disappearance.

Could it be that someone kidnapped him on the way back?

As soon as this idea came to mind, Luo Weishu immediately denied it.

For thousands of years, the people of Qingzhou have been simple and simple, and the citizens are dedicated to goodness, and the most important thing is that they have no worries about food and clothing.

It has been rare for decades to have a theft case, let alone such a heinous thing as murder and kidnapping for ransom.

And from the North Temple to the city, there are residents along the way, and there are no hidden mountain road bends or the like, who would have the courage to kidnap a woman from a good family in broad daylight.

So, how did the twenty girls disappear?

At this moment, Zhao Shun walked over, whispered a few words to Luo Weishu, and then left.

Jueming watched from the side, not knowing what Lord Zhizhou and Zhao Zhutou said, let alone what these two people had to do in the temple, so he couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

"Little Master Jueming, there are so many pilgrims in the temple every day, and the mage is not here, can you be busy alone?"

Jue Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Of course I'm too busy, but aren't there still laymen? Since the casting of the Golden Buddha, there have been twenty-eight laymen in the temple!"

Many lay people, referred to lay disciples, will volunteer to help in the temple.

Luo Weishu said again: "Oh...... There are so many laymen, what a heart. It's no wonder that there are one or two thousand pilgrims worshipping every day, and the incense is vigorous, and it may take a few people to clean up the incense money every day......"

Jue Ming saw that Luo Weishu was rambling without saying a word, and his heart began to panic.

It's just changed from passive to active.

took Luo Weishu to the side and said in a low voice: "My lord, counting the incense money, if there is no electricity, it is all done by Jueming and the account room, don't worry, adults." By the way, my lord, I heard that during the plague period, the state capital spent 500,000 taels of silver, and Jueming originally waited for the master to come back before making a decision, and was ready to donate some silver taels to help the state capital share its worries. But the master didn't return for a long time, so Jueming took matters into his own hands and donated 50,000 taels of silver to the state capital......"

"Ah, fifty thousand taels, ah......"

Luo Weishu was indeed surprised: "Little master, you are so generous, how much income does the incense money in this temple have every day?"

Jue Ming was shocked again: "Not much...... Oh, my lord, Jue Ming told the truth, since the temple enshrined the golden body of the Buddha and Bodhisattva, pilgrims are endless, the daily incense money is as little as 1,000 taels, more than 3,000 taels, a month, 40,000 taels of silver should be there......"

"Is there only silver, and no gold?"

Luo Weishu said quietly: "Just now, the mansion went around the hall and found that many people had donated a lot of gold. ”

Jue Ming secretly complained, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Hui, there are indeed many people who donate gold and incense money, but this gold has another purpose......

Luo Weishu waved his hand and said, "Of course, whether it is gold or silver, it naturally has a purpose, and the North Temple has been around for thousands of years, and it also needs to be repaired......"

Jue Ming waved his hand again and again: "My lord, Jue Ming didn't mean that......"

Hurriedly stood up, bowed to Luo Weishu and said, "This disaster in Qingzhou has caused the state capital and the people to suffer great losses. Jue Ming also heard that the adults had specially allocated 500,000 yuan for the diversion of the anti-plague action, and he was very moved. Therefore, in line with the principle of taking from the people and giving it to the people, the North Temple voluntarily donated 50,000 taels of silver. ”

Luo Weishu was secretly surprised, this Jueming, he really underestimated him.

At such a young age, it is a pity to judge the situation and be a small novice in the North Temple.

It's just that this is judging the situation...... It's too late, no!

So he said: "Master Jueming misunderstood, all the living beings in the South and North Temples are also the people of Huaxia, and in this land of Qingzhou, in the four thousand years of Luo's management, there has never been a phenomenon of extorting the people's fat and ointment. So...... If the little master really wants to donate, it is better to help the people build bridges and roads...... As for the accounts in the temple, the little master has to worry a lot about it, not to talk about everything, but the management of the accounts still needs to be taken care of. ”

Jueming is indeed very smart, and he took a deep look at Luo Weishu: "What the adults mean, Jueming understands." Thank you, sir!"